YONDER BREAKS

Anyone ever heard of that band (Mourning September)? They had a song on The Effect Radio that I thought was awesome, so I bought the CD, only to discover that the rest of the CD sounded different, and not in a good way. It was a pretty monotonous CD, except for this one song, which was their single:  Brings me back to my emo days... September flew by. I was hoping that the end of summer would lead to a less-busy year, but not so! It was here and over before I knew it. Being busy is both a blessing and a curse...I'm busy because I have lots of things to do with lots of friends, but when you're busy, time flies by way too fast. I want to find that balance between being busy for the right reasons and resting. It's October now, which is my favorite month as far as the weather goes. Let's hope it moves a little more slowly than this year so far. Here are my notes from September's desk calendar: "Deep-fried Twinkies are an abomination agains...

Here are all the notes I wrote on August's calendar. Check the blog a couple months past to see what I'm talking about. So sad...summer is over in the cultural sense. It's okay though, because fall is rad and you can still surf in California. Not as many notes as last time:  Listen to: Shmunks For You (punk/hardcore band) "Only do those things that only you can do." - Dawson Trotman The definition of humility is embracing your unique design. What do I do well and with satisfaction? We have fewer miracles today because we don't try to depend on God, but rather on ourselves. The deeper the Israelites got into the desert during their 40 year wandering, the more miracles occurred. The tougher life gets and the more we depend on God, the more we'll see Him work. These notes based on a sermon by Jamie Winship from Luke 5: One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of G...

I was on an awesome vacation with Katie's family last week on the East Coast. I've gone east several times this year, and every time I miss it more. The green, rolling hills of Pennsylvania and sultry coasts of the Carolinas in particular seem to be calling me home. And that's the best way to put it -- it feels like home. It's got me thinking, and rethinking, about a lot of things: why I am where I am, what I'm doing here, how long I'm supposed to be here? Basically, God's call; because I do feel called to the entertainment industry and Los Angeles, at least for now. But I can't help but long to go to my eastward home. But what is home? Are we really ever at home on Earth? Isn't Heaven supposed to be our home? A man told Jesus he would follow Him wherever he went. Jesus replied, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head." So to follow Jesus, means we really have no home on Earth...

I'll admit it: I've been on a bit of a Top-40 kick lately, which means whenever my CD player doesn't work or I get tired of the CD's I have in my car (I won't lie, sometimes I even turn to it on purpose...), I will listen to the two Top-40 stations saved on my radio buttons. Because we're in Los Angeles, one of them is hosted by Ryan Seacrest, which is a big step from Two-Girls-and-a-Guy on 95SX back home. Every once in a while, he does this thing called Ryan's Roses where he calls up a dude who is suspected of cheating by his girlfriend/wife. They call him and tell him he's received a dozen free roses, asking him where he wants them delivered, to whom and what he wants the card to say. If the guy gives him to his lady, then he's probably not cheating, but if he gives them to someone else, he probably is. Yesterday I was listening and this is the first time I've ever actually heard the Ryan's Roses thing, although I've heard abou...

I have a calendar on my desk at work. I listen to a lot of sermons and have a lot of thoughts throughout the day, so I usually write them down on my calendar. I used to use sticky notes, but decided it would be more environmentally friendly since this big piece of paper is in front of me all day anyway, and blankly ripe for writing. At the end of the month, I write down all of the worthwhile stuff in a little notebook, and this month's seemed particularly good because I have been listening to a lot of sermons on manhood. Here's some of the stuff: Manhood = we will see, we will act. We are strong for one reason: to give it up for something greater than ourselves. Women's magazines have so many things for them to be doing all the time (how to cook, how to lose 10 pounds by Friday, how to please your man in bed). The reason is because women are so devalued in society, so they either have to do everything to have purpose, or they have to become sexual creatures. We need...